#140 Boston Bruins vs. #139 Seattle Kraken prediction, preview, and odds
The Seattle Kraken will play the Boston Bruins, who are currently leading the Eastern Conference, in Boston as part of their ongoing Eastern Conference tour. With a 22-21-10 record this season, the Kraken are only in 12th place in the Western Conference. With 74 points, the Bruins lead the Eastern Conference with a record of 32-11-10. At 7:00 PM EST, the puck drops.
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A Prolonged and Winding Path
In their sixth game on a road tour that includes five games in the Eastern Conference, the Seattle Kraken travel to Boston. The Eastern Conference leg of the Kraken’s trip began with three straight losses before they emerged victorious 2-1 on Tuesday night in a shootout. The Kraken won both shootout games to clinch a season sweep of the Islanders, with Tomas Totar’s wrist shot serving as the only goal of the shootout. In the opening frame, Matty Beniers scored his seventh goal, the only one scored in regulation. To secure the victory, goalie Phillip Grubauer stopped 26 out of 27 shots and all four efforts in the shootout.
Seattle wants to defeat the Bruins in Boston to cap off the road trip. During the Bruins NHL record-setting run last year, they split the season series with Boston. Only 27th in the NHL this season in terms of goals scored per game are the Kraken. This season, they rank 23rd in shooting percentage and 23rd in shots on goal. The Kraken are ranked twenty-first on the power play. In terms of goals-against average, the Kraken rank 12th in the league on defense. They are 10th in save percentage and 20th in shots allowed. The Kraken are 21st on the penalty kill.
Key Injuries: D Brian Dumoulin is out.
A thrilling conclusion
The Bruins’ path to the top seed in the previous season was essentially predetermined from the start, with the only question remaining until the end being whether the team would surpass the league record for points in a season. The Bruins won’t break any records this year, but they will once again be very close to the top of the Eastern Conference rankings. The Bruins have 74 points and a three-point lead over the Rangers atop the conference standings after the team’s shootout loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. Brad Marchand, the captain of the Boston Bruins, recorded two assists in his 1000th career game, all with Boston, against the Lightning.
The Bruins were ultimately defeated 3-2 after failing to score in the shootout. The Bruins’ goals in the game came from Charlie McAvoy and James van Riemsdyk, and Linus Ullmark stopped 23 of 25 shots.
In the middle of a three-game losing streak, the Bruins want to stay up with the leaders of the Eastern Conference and record their first clean victory. The Bruins enter the contest with the eighth-highest goals per game in the NHL. They rank sixth in shooting % and twenty-first in shots on goal. The NHL’s eighth-place Bruins are when it comes to power play. With perhaps the strongest goalie combo in the game, the Bruins continue to be among the best defensive teams in the league. They rank second in save % and third in goals allowed in the league. Regarding shots allowed, the Bruins rank tenth as well. The Bruins are a strong seventh in the NHL on the penalty kill.
Important Injuries: C Matthew Poitras.